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Skunk Cards

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 18:27:40 +0000

As I waltz my way around the chaotic orbits of HappySkunk, WebSmith, and Maranginator, I’m getting an ever-clearer picture of how each of the systems will work with the others. One of the keys will be to design an attractive promo card for each day’s challenge; something that carries the necessary details, encourages people to share them, and gets full value from that sharing, if it happens.

Cousin of the Skunk

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 07:39:26 +0000

After trying a few different schemes for generating bag names, I’ve made some further decisions about how the system will work. Not as automated as I’d hoped, but not as manual as I’d feared…

Happy Skunk Lifts Dishwasher

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:55:29 +0000

This guy looks happy, and he should, because he’s the newly selected poster boy for the system that will generate new Maranginator game bags. Confused? Me too. Come on inside and let’s figure out what I’m talking about.

Refining The Skunk

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:02:56 +0000

In a previous post, I worked out the general process by which I’ll be creating the daily challenge bag names for Maranginator, but now I have to sketch out an implementation with specific tools, algorithms, and processes. Furthermore, the Maranga newsletter is just one of several content streams I’m envisioning, and I want this system to be able to handle all of them.